Data science, predictive analytics, and big data in supply chain management: Current state and future potential

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 120-132

  Schoenherr, Tobias ^a   Speier Pero, Cheri ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

big data; curriculum development; data science; data scientist; education; predictive analytics; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925672341     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbl.12082     Document Type: Article

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